Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-05
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lives Of seanen. We are really Riad to
ku0w thas be IL hsrs for s0ms puEp0ss.
Oar idsa vas that be vas hers for orzs-
meDs and not for 1se and vs cont
IDENTIFY ssseFi that the fasts seem ts jas
tify this conclusion.
There Is no question bat thai there 10
argent need Of . eatteF in these vstsEs
70 prevent Smuggling. Thers are in slI
over one thousand miles Of shore line
that 10 IL necessary 70 guard. not IN
csndinR the shore line Of the nansrsas
islands thai dot the soand. Il IL mat
ter Of common knowledge that sleep
smnggisrs fairly swarm about these
islands frsm May 10 Dscember. and
that large quantities OF Opium and wool
asd large usmbeEs Of Cinnamon are
constantly being snugRied into the
ooaniry In this vicinity. IL has been
estimated by parties who are in posi-
ton 10 knov whereof they speak, that
there is nov In Victoria about one hun
drsd ions Of opium that will come into
this sOantEy without paying duty, and
that In the course Of the year at least
$500, ZOO worth Of the same commodity
uili be smuRRled infrom British COlum-
bls. Under such . condition Of shaiFs
II would seem that IL Captain Glover
we're indeed here. as he says, 10 lock
after the interests Of the revenue de-
paFtmsnt, he would hDd ample oecupa
ton, and would have something 10 stow
for his labors. Bat what are the facts?
The cutter has never made q single
ssizare. In reality, therefore, the cut
ter has dons literally nothing in the
way Of looking after the revenue in
terests. and in only one instance that
ws knov Of. the Idaho case. has IT done
anything. And even in that case the
assistance that vas rendered vas incon-
siderable and could have been pecaFed
from other sources ct a cost Of not to
exceed three hundred dollars. II may
be that the Captain OF the cutter has
occasionally honored g vessel that vas
IyinR Al anchor or coming in FROM sea
with friendly call, bat this is hardly
In the nature Of service. We contend,
therefore, that Captain Glover lie, az We
suggested, here for ornament and not
for use, and that the cutter is utilized
net a. Q means Of preventing smuggling,
bat az pleasure yacht for her conceited
commander. II this Is e corsecs view
Of the matter. Captain Glover, taken
even at bis own estimate, which We sub
NIT Is an inflated one, Is decidedly ex-
psnsivs luxury. The cutter costs the
government about $500 Q month
exclusive Of repairs. short time
since some $4,000 Esreexpended upon
her, and the government has furnished a
nns steam launch for night cruising
among the islands. This lauoch was
placed under the charge Of Captain
Glover. So far ss can be ascertained,
however, the launch has never been out-
side of Point Wilson, and to judge
from results the night cruising has
amounted 10 nothing. The important
use 10 which the launch has been Eut
has been 10 take Captain Glover's
pleasure parties to Irondale and the
fort. The cutter itself il kept at Port
Townsend about two. thirds OF the time,
doubles because the wives Of the officers
reside there. About once In two weeks
she IL brought to Seattle to load coal.
and about once a week she gses 10 Port
Angeles for water. Once in a while,
vhen the weather is unusually fue, the
Captain takes a run 20 Tacoma or
Olympia.
Tits, then, is the use to which pre-
sumptioas ofiiSiAl puts a boat furnished
aud supported BY the government al
great expense. Captain Glover has
himself asserted With considerable We
hemenOe that be Is. so far as the custer
il concerned, supreme. and that be takes
orders from no one. He. and be aloHe,
must accordingly be held responsible
for his conduct. The people who are
interested in having q conscientious
and energetic man, and one who knows
bis duty and place In command Of the
cutter, have pat up With Captain
Glover and bis methods for some
time. Recent. events. however
have brought into suoh prominence the
mastery inactivity, the overvsening
conceii and the unpardonAble arrogance
Of the man as TO make il impossible to
tolerate bis conduct longer Withou,
protest. This Is not a political question.
We do not know. nor de vs care,
whether Captain Glover Is q Democrat
or Republican. Il is sufficient that
be uscs the boats tina, be should com
mand for the good Of the service simply
as pleasure boats for bis eva sBioy
nent and that be seems 10 be wholly
wanting in energy and in q due sense
Of What lie required Of him. 1t is OBJ
viOus that what is required Of the cutter
10 not TO lie absut in the harbors. which
are. as = rule. sufficiently guarded by
Trustworthy officials. bat to take 3 sta
ton among the islands where she smug
elsrs are 10 be found, and 10 cruise
about in places that csn in no other
gay be protected. II Captain Glover
cAhnos be raAde 10 saeriAce bis ease to
bis duty. shss be shosld be removed
aud somebody appointed TO the positio..
Who will Do So
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